κορίτσι

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Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κορίτσι (korítsi) (also form κορίτσιν (korítsin), diminutive of Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē) + -ίτσι (-ítsi), form of -ίτσιν (-ítsin).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈɾi.t͡si/
  • Hyphenation: κο‧ρί‧τσι

Noun

κορίτσι (korítsin (plural κορίτσια)

  1. girl, daughter
    έκανε κορίτσιékane korítsishe gave birth to a girl (literally, “she did a girl”)
  2. girlfriend

Declension

singular plural
nominative κορίτσι (korítsi) κορίτσια (korítsia)
genitive κοριτσιού (koritsioú) κοριτσιών (koritsión)
accusative κορίτσι (korítsi) κορίτσια (korítsia)
vocative κορίτσι (korítsi) κορίτσια (korítsia)

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References

  1. ^ κορίτσι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language